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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS JULY 2014
Editorial | Expert Point of View | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events
This year’s recipient of The Richard
D. McKenna Memorial Lecture (Dr.
McKenna was a founding mem-ber
and the first President of CAG
(1961-1962)), the associations highest
honor, was Dr. Stephen Hanauer
(Northwestern University, Chicago).
Dr. Hanauer, a world leader in clinical
IBD research, delivered a state-of-the-art
lecture on “Personalizing Evidence
Based Therapy in IBD”.
This year, for the first time, the
McKenna Lecture was followed by
the awarding of ten CAG Fellows
(CAGF) in recognition of their long-standing
and meritorious service to
the CAG and Canadian gastroenterol-ogy:
Drs. Robert Bailey (University of
Alberta) Stephen Collins (McMaster
University), Carlo Fallone (McGill
University), Gary Levy (University of
Toronto), Richard Hunt (McMaster
University), Jan Irvine (University of
Toronto), Desmond Leddin (Dal-housie
University), Connie Switzer
(University of Edmonton), Philip
Sherman (University of Toronto) and
John Wallace (McMaster University).
Congratulations to all the first in-ductees
of CAGFs – your efforts have
contributed in no small part to the
success of the CAG.
Can a conference really be consid-ered
successful without encouraging
collaborations, discussions and social
interaction? It was gratifying for the
conference organizers (the CAG and
CASL Implementation Committee)
to note the many, and often animated,
conversations over the catered cof-fee
breaks and lunches, during the
McKenna Lecture Reception, the
oversubscribed poster sessions and the
participation of 240 delegates (room
capacity) at the closing CDDW Gala
on the theme of a “Taste of Toronto”
– a very cosmopolitan city indeed. It
was a fun evening for all!
In closing, there is no doubt that
CDDW 2014 was an outstanding
success and we gratefully acknowl-edge
Dr. Dan Sadowski (Past President, CAG) pres-ents
Dr. Robert J. Bailey with the CAG Fellow
Award.
that this would be impossible
without the herculean efforts of the
CAG office staff and the invaluable
participation of our Foundation, the
Canadian Digestive Health Founda-tion
(CDHF), and others such as our
longstanding partner, Crohn’s and
Colitis Canada (CCC). We appreci-ate
your commitment to CAG and
without which this meeting would be
impossible and the success of many
CAG programs severely diminished.
Thank-you and we look forward to
continuing this partnership.
Mark your calendars for CDDW
2015 in Banff, Alberta February
26 – March 1, 2015.